Click the icon to view and/or download the PDF file.
Once you are in the PDF file, use your browser back button to return to this page.
Abstract
In this paper we explore patterns of economic transfers between adults within household and family networks in a village in Malawi’s Rumphi district, using data from the 2006 round of the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health. We fit Exponential-family Random Graph Models (ERGMs) to assess individual, relational, and higher-order network effects. The network effects of cyclic giving, reciprocity, and in-degree and out-degree distribution suggest a network with a tendency away from the formation of hierarchies or "hubs." Effects of age, sex, working status, education, health status, and kinship relation are also considered.
Author's affiliation Gail E. Potter University of Washington, United States of America Mark S. Handcock University of California, Los Angeles, United States of America
